Wool-washing machine



(No-Model.) Y

, S. DAVIS.

WOOL WASHING MACHINE. No. 376,866. Patented Jan. 24, 1888.-

UNITED lSTATES PATENT(hernan.'iy

SAMUEL DAVIS, or LAS VEGAS,- TERRITORY orivnwiunxico/ WOOL-WASHING MACH|NE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters 'Patent No. 376,866, dated Januaryze, 1888. il Application filed December 2, 1.886. Serial Np. 220,425. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL DAVIS, of Las Vegas, in the county of San Miguel and Terri-A washing-machines, and more particularly to an 'v improvement in wool-washing machines.

The object is to provide a machine which shall effectually wash, a large amount of Wool in a comparatively Short period of time.-

A further object is to provide a machine of n simple construction which a small amount of power will operate, and one in which the wa` ter and Wool may be supplied or removed without necessitating a stoppage of the machine.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View with a portion lof the bottom of the inner tank removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through line x of Fig. 1.

A represents a sill extending beneath the middle portion of the machine, which, together with similar but smaller sills, B, radiating at Suitable distances apart laterally from the longitudinal center of thesil1A,for1'ns a base which sustains the weight of the machine.y

`naled. A pulley, G', is secured to the shaft above the cross-beamF.

The shaft G is provided with a gudgeon at ,its lower end, which ris stepped in the main base-sill A. A collar, H, is rigidly secured to or formed integral with the shaft G at a short distance from the lower end, and a series of An outer` y tank, C, preferably round in horizontal section, y

Washed throughout.

arms, I, radiate therefrom perpendicular to theL Y shaft G. This particular construction, how` ever, is notfabsolutely necessary, as the Aradiating arms might be employed Without the colL lar, or a widened collar without the arms might be used, the effect being materially the same` Upon theseradiating' armsl a Smaller and Similar-shaped tank, K,' to the one already described is seated,with the` y Both the walls and bottom' in either construction.

shaft G as its axis. of this tank K are perforated to admit of the free passage of Water in and out, and the bot tomformedin hinged sections, which may be opened upwardly for convenience ,incleaning the outer tank.

Secured to the outside of the inner tank, K,

with their outer edges extending forward in the direction of the tanks rotation at an angle of about forty-five degrees, are the Wings lc, which correspond innumber to similar wings, c, on the inner wall of tank C, the latter ex-l tending approximately in opposite direction as the wings 7c, and each pair, one of which is on the outer tank and one on theinner,would have the general appearance of a single Wing Y when the tanks assume the position'shown in- Fig. 1 were they not sufficiently separated/to l easily pass each other as the inner and smaller,v tank, K, revolves.

The effect of thesetwihgs is to prevent the 'water in the larger tank, C, from following the smaller tank, K, in its swift revolution, and by this particular arrangement and turn the Wool so that it can be e'ectally I These hooks L arerpreferably loosely suspended from the cross-beam F in a manner to admit of their being easily ter between the tanks from splashing over the edge and also preventing any wool `from dropping between the tanks.

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To operate the machine, power is applied to the pulley G', driving the shaft G, which 1'0- tates the washing-tank K. A person standing on the circular platform D attends to the f'eeding to and removing of Wool from the tank K, through which the water from the outer tauk,G5 dashes in and out,while the dirt tends to drop through the perforations in the bottom ot thetank. The person in charge is supplied with a suitable fork, by means of which he feeds or removes the wool or stirs it while in the tank without varying the motion of the machine.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from 'the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I frame land set of movable depending hooks loosely suspended therefrom and adapted to stir the contents of the revoluble tank, substantially as set forth.

2. In a wool-washing machine, the combination, with a tank and a platform surrounding this tank, of a smaller tank adapted to revolve within thelarger tank and aset of doors hinged to the larger tank, adapted to cover the space between the two tanks, substantially as set forth.

' 3. The combination,with a pair of tanks,one mounted on a revoluble shaft within the other, the smaller tank having angular-shaped projections on its outer sides,and also having perforations in its side and' bottom,of a set of depending hooks adapted to stir the contents of the smaller tank as the latter rotates, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed thisA specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. y SAMUEL DAVIS. Witnesses:

A. B. SAGER, J. C. GRUNER. 

